Device for transmitting power.



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DEVICEfFOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2|. 1911.

l 28% v Patented 0ct.22,1918.

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DEVICE FOR TRAYNSMITTING POWER. APPLICATION EILED sEPT.2|.1917;

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR A-rToRN EY meaevls.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING- POWER.

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` tentativa md september 21, 1917. serial No. 192,524.

To all fwtom t may concern;

Be itknown that I, Jol-1N L. CoUT'rs, a citizen of the'United States, residingat Golf i ton, in the county ,of Minnehaha and State ofV South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Transiiiittingfoyver, of which the following is a speciicati'on This invention relates to ,devices ,for the transmission of power and it has particular reference `to a device adapted to be used in the transmission of power from an outdoor source to a machine or apparatus loeatedwithin a h ouse or building;

One object of the invention is to produce av sinipleandiinploved device Vwhich may be locatfedfor positioned Vin the frame of an ordinary, window, the device 1embodying supported rollers` oven which a transmission beltmay be guided.

'A further object ofthe invention is to produce a device of this class which may' casings of different sizes.

Afurther object ofthe invention is to produce a device lof this class having a plurality of guiderollers one of which may betegnporarily detached" so as to permit the be adjusted so as tb vfit window frames or ap!pllfc'atio'n of al transmission belt without thf.

A further'bbject of the invention is `to prpduc'e-a device ofthe `class described havunla'eing suchbelt crseparatingthe ends t' ing` .a"'pluralityof guiderollers' over which a transmission belt may be guided for the purpose. of transmitting power from a source locatedfgoutdoors either above orbelovvthe machine or apparatus thatis to be driven., thusenables the devise wb@ Sed for the" purpose of transmitting power from a source located on the ground to a machine that is located upstairs or in the basement of a house or building.

With these and other ends in view which willreadily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will -be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a'simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural detailstherein exhibited, but that changes., alterations and modcations Within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

` In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a portion of Aa building having a Window fliane to which the invent-ion has been app 1e 2 is a sideA elevation showing the opposite side 0f the invention detached from the window frame.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line3-3 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 iS a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 in Fig'. 3.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View, showing the adjustable connection of the slide with the` base.

Figs. 6 7 and S are diagrammatic views showing different uses of the invention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are denoted by like characters of reference. 15 designates a base consisting of a rectangular board having near one end thereof a rectangular opening 16 which is surrounded by a frame structure consisting of side rails 17, and top and bottom rails 18. Adjacent to the inner faces of the side rails 17 are cleats 19 each having a recess 20 in the outer face thereof, said recesses being occupied by a block 21 which is connected with th'ebody of the cleat by a hinge 22. The cleats 1 9 are preferably mounted on the base by means o f bolts 23 and each of said cleats is provided with bearings intermediate the recess 2O and the ends of the cleats, said bearingsV being occupied by shafts 24;` having rollers 25. These rollers may be known as the top and bottom rollers, and inasmuch as the device is capable of being inverted, either one of said rollers may be located at the top and the other at the bottom. A third roller 2G is carried by a shaft 27, bearings for said shaft being provided in the bottom faces of the recesses 2O and in the opposed faces of the blocks 21, said bearings being designated by 2S. Each of the blocks 21 is beveled `at the free end thereof, as indicated at 29, and the end walls of the recesses 2O opposed thereto are correspondingly beveled to enable the blocks 21 to swing open on'their respective hinges. The blocks may be secured in closed position by means of bolts 30 having thumb nuts 31, and each block is preferably provided with a slot 32 at the end thereof to enable it to be swung open by merely removing the thumb nuts without detaching the bolt.

Mounted on the base member adjacent to one of the side rails 17 isa slide 83 which may be secured in adjusted position by means ofbolts 34; for the vreception of which the base member is provided with longitudinal slots 35. The slide 33 is provided at the outer end thereof with cleats 36 to produce athickness equal to the combined thickness of the base member 15 j and the cleats 17 at the opposite end of the frame. The improved device maybe fitted to the frame of almost any ordinary window. In

the drawing it' has been shown fitted in the frame of an ordinary two sash window, the lowerA sash having been raised, after which the' device' is inserted beneath the same, and the slide 33 is `moved outward until the vframe i's'ifitted' between the guide beads of the window frame. The thumb nuts 3l are nowclamped on the bolts 30, thus securing the device in position, the bottom sash being movedydown until itcontacts with the top edge of the base member l5. A transmission belt may now be placed in posit-.ion byfirst manipulating the blocks 21 to permit the roller 2.6 to be detached, said roller 26 be ing interposedbetween the top and bottom leads ofthe transmission belt after which Y the'rolleris restored to its position. VThe transmission belt ina-y now be passed over a'pulley 37 driven by a motor 88, and also over a pulley 39 on a machine or device such as a washing machine or a churn conventionally indicated at 40. As will be seen by .A reference to Figs. 6, 7 and 8, such machine may be positioned onthe ground floor of a building, the motor being substantially level therewith outside the building, or the machine to be driven may be located upstairs or downstairs at a materially higher or lower elevation than `the motor, as seen 'in Figs. 7 and 8,V respectively.

It will be seen that I have provided an extremely simple, inexpensiveand easily operable device whereby a transmission belt Vmaybe guided for the purpose of transmitting motion from an outdoor source ofA opening, and a plurality of guide rollers j supported forrotation'within the opening, in combination with an` extension .slide mounted on 'the base or supporting -Inember, whereby to vary the length of saidsupyporting member. Y

2. A basef'or supporting member having an opening near one end thereofand aneX- tension slide at the other end, cleats secured adjacent to the sides of theopening, each cleat having a. recess intermediate the ends thereof, a hinged block `occupyingeach of said recesses, the opposed faces ofthe blocksk and thefrecesses adording bearings, a roller havinga shaft supported detachably on said bearings, `and additional Vrollers having shafts journaled in the cleats .above and -below the lirst mentioned roller.

. 3. A base or supporting member having an opening near one end thereof and aneX- tension slide at the other end, cleats secured adjacent to the sides. of the opening, each cleat having a recess intermediate the ends thereof, a hinged block occupying each of said recesses, the opposedfaces ofthe blocks and the. recesses affording bearings,

a roller having a shaft supported detachably on said bearings, and additional rollers having shafts journaled in the cleats above and' below the first mentioned roller, in combination with an extensionslide mounted on the base. i i t v 1 f In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JOHNL. CQUTTS.

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